Septic services in Callington & surrounding rural parishes
The Tamar valley country around Callington, Gunnislake and Stoke Climsland is smallholding and orchard land on the Devon border, well beyond the sewer network, with homes on septic tanks and package treatment plants.
What we can arrange around Callington
Kernow Septic is a local guide and enquiry service — we put you in touch with firms covering Callington and handle the checking that comes first. How it works.
Emptying & servicing Most requested
Scheduled emptying and servicing for tanks and treatment plants near Callington.
Repairs
Backups, blockages and failed soakaways put right.
Treatment plant upgrades
Upgrades where a septic tank no longer meets the rules.
Nearby areas
The local picture around Callington
Since 1 January 2020 a septic tank must not discharge directly to a watercourse — around Callington that means the River Tamar and the River Lynher. A tank that still does needs upgrading to a treatment plant or a drainage field, and it usually surfaces at the point of sale. How the discharge rules work →
Kit Hill and Hingston Down are granite — the same ridge that links Bodmin Moor to Dartmoor — surrounded by the old mining ground of the Tamar valley. Shallow granite, mine-disturbed land and steep valley plots each complicate soakaways in their own way; everything here drains to the Tamar or the Lynher. What a percolation test involves → · BGS geology viewer
Not sure if your system is compliant?
Since 2020 the Environment Agency's General Binding Rules ban septic tanks discharging straight to a watercourse. Run your setup through our free checker to see where you stand near Callington.
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